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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Antique chocolates on sale: Hurry before stock is gone!
A ‘Select’ store in Ruwi is selling “Cadbury Flake” which has overshot the expiry date by over two months. It doesn’t end here. Unlike other shops, all items cost 50/100 baisa more in ‘Select’. Pay more to eat crap? Looks … Continue reading
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Omanisation = sense of job entitlement?
A report in Washington Post says: MUSCAT: Coffee shop manager Lalit Jadeja groaned as white-robed Omani officials swooped down on his Filipina cashier at one of the largest shopping malls in this Persian Gulf kingdom. It was the Omanization squad. … Continue reading
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Smitten by dance bar girls, he’s a pauper now
MUSCAT: It is said that the Bangladeshi man lost his mental balance two years ago after he drained out RO 2,000 on garlanding bar girls in Muscat. The incident left him penniless, which he realised only after leaving the bar. … Continue reading
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Emceeing is a thankless job…
…and I realised it over the weekend wherein I did the emceeing for a sports-related event which had the Indian ambassador as chief guest. (read more about the event)
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Omantel at it again?
The following letter appeared in Times of Oman today.
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Journalism in Middle East
Here is a gem. Saudi Arabia versus United Arab Emirates. Arab News, the top English daily in Saudi Arabia, says: RIYADH: An Emirati man attacked a Saudi woman on board an Emirates flight from Frankfurt to Dubai. The incident took … Continue reading
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Ass**** drivers
Cutting into moving lane (refer the truck above) at the last minute is practised very religiously at Star Cinema junction, Ruwi. If you want to take the freeway towards Sheraton Oman Hotel coming from Omantel side, then you have to … Continue reading
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Church roundabout replaced with traffic lights
Signal lights in place at Church roundabout. The Church roundabout, studded with traffic lights, was thrown open to public use from yesterday. Ironically, the roads leading to the roundabout from Darsait and Rex Road sides witnessed serpentine lines of vehicles … Continue reading
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A pound of flesh
Event: Press conference by a telecom major in Muscat. No of journalists attending the event: 10 No of extras attending the event: 30 and more (extras include marketing guys, brand executives, circulation folks, hordes of photographers and every one other … Continue reading
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Sale! Sale! Sale!
Centrepoint sale at Al Khuwair is truly, truly disappointing. Looks like they are disposing off old nonsensical stuff and planning to replenish the showroom with new products before the Eid – all in the guise of a ‘sale’. Like always, … Continue reading
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